2of 2Trauma Locker's on display on day three of OTC on May 7, 2014 inside the NRG Arena in Houston, TX. (Photo: Thomas B. Shea/For the Chronicle)Photo: Thomas B. Shea, Freelance

Most of the eye-popping technology on display at the Offshore Technology Conference is mind- numbingly complex. Others, like the wares at the Trauma Locker booth, are so simple they inspire an age-old question.

"Why didn't I think of this?" Jennifer Kozak said, parroting a common refrain from those who stop by.

Trauma Locker sells emergency safety medical cabinets to any industry that would need them, from schools to construction, but its focus here is obviously the offshore oil and gas market.

The Tomball-based company is less than a year old and considers OTC its grand rollout. It sells three products - a portable bag, a wall-mounted cabinet, and an oven-size locker that comes on wheels and is mounted with hooks for heavy lifting. The latter two are made from 12-gauge steel and are completely weather resistant.

"It can be forklifted, or hoisted by a crane, so on a rig it can be moved from floor to floor," Kozak said.

So far, OTC has been a success.

"Everyone that comes by is so excited about it," Kozak said. "We've had a lot of good leads. We were talking to a company yesterday, and all they have is a plastic crate with all their medical equipment just thrown in there. And they just have to carry it around everywhere."

In addition to selling the American-made line, Trauma Locker offers training and a recycling program, where for a monthly fee, the company will send new items to replace those that are approaching their expiration dates.

"We try to take the work off your safety person, and make it so you don't have to pay an outside service person to come in and count Band-Aids," Kozak said.

Trauma Locker has grown from two to four employees in the last two months and is looking to expand more. The company's first sale shipped to Pemex in February.